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| Interactive effects of infectious diseases and pollution in aquatic molluscs |  |
| Morley, N.J. (2010). Interactive effects of infectious diseases and pollution in aquatic molluscs Aquat. Toxicol. 96(1): 27-36 |
| In: Aquatic Toxicology. Elsevier Science: Amsterdam. ISSN 0166-445X, meer |
| Trefwoorden |
Bacteriën; Parasieten; Virussen; Metazoa; Perkinsus [WoRMS]; Protozoa [WoRMS]; Vibrio [WoRMS]; Marien; Brak water; Zoet water |
| Abstract |
Aquatic molluscs are ideal invertebrate model systems for environmental monitoring and toxicology.
However, like all animals, they are subjected to a wide range of infectious diseases that can have significant
effects on host ecology and physiology and are therefore a source of natural stress to populations.
Anthropogenic activities, especially involving chemical contaminants that pollute the environment, can
also affect molluscan ecological and physiological parameters.
In combination, pollution and pathogens represent a serious threat to the health of aquatic communities
that has been increasingly recognised. The present article reviews the interactive effects of viral, bacterial,
protozoan, and trematode infections with toxic pollutants on aquatic molluscs. The interactions between
pollution and other less well studied infectious diseases as well as the differing responses to pathogens
and pollution between wild and cultured molluscan populations are also considered.
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